The Blues Guitar

Hey Hey is a classic blues tune by Big Bill Broonzy. It is a 12 bar blues played in the Key of E in 4/4 time. It is a fingerstyle piece played on a guitar in standard tuning. Above is a video of me playing the tune along with the tab. In this post I will give some advice on playing the tune.

Rock Me Babe is an old traditional blues tune. It is a standard 12 bar blues played in the Key of E in 4/4 time. It is a fingerstyle piece played on a guitar in standard tuning. Above is a video of me playing the tune along with the tab. In this post I will discuss how to play this tune. The tune is quite straightforward to play and it is a good introduction to playing fingerstyle blues in the Key of E. Here is the tab for the music Rock Me Babe Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT

The 12 bar blues is one of the most commonly used chord progressions in modern music. It is not only used in blues music but also in a variety of other musical styles and has formed the basis of numerous classic songs. So let's have a look at what it consists of. The Chords and their Progression The 12 bar blues is a chord progression over 12 bars usually played in 4/4 time. The progression consists of 3 different chords with the diatonic function I, IV and V, or the Tonic, Subdominant and Dominant. The table below shows which chords are played in each of the 12 bars of the music The first line shows which diatonic function is played T=Tonic, S=Subdominant, and D=Dominant. The second shows this diatonic function in Roman Numerals. The third line shows the exact chords played in the key of D.                      BAR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Function T T T T S S T T D S T T Roman Numeral I I I I IV IV I I V IV I I Chord